Philippa Gates
Professor, English and Film Studies
pgates@wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
Philippa Gates is an expert in aging in film, gender in film, genre film, Hollywood film history and race and ethnicity in film.
Areas of Expertise
- Film Studies and Cinema
Biography
- PhD in Film and Visual Culture (U of Exeter)
- MA in History of Cinema and Popular Culture (U of Exeter)
- BA Hons. in Cinema Studies (U of Toronto)
Research Interests
- American film history
- Gender, race, ethnicity, and age in film
- Genre films
Current Research Project
- A Yellow Imperilled Frontier: Chinese Immigration and Classical Era Film and TV Westerns